Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1990.
1Flight
7d 21hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Toyohiro Akiyama (born July 22, 1942) is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his flight to the Mir space station aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in 1990. Akiyama is the first person of Japanese nationality to have flown in space.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Setagaya
- Education
- International Christian University
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Order of Friendship of Peoples
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-11December 2, 1990
Born 1942-06-22 · age 84